Q Acoustics 3050i 5.1 pack

In an ancient land like the United Kingdom, home to so many famous and longstanding loudspeaker brands, you’d think that it’d be hard for a newcomer to find any space. But Q Acoustics managed it, starting up only 16 years ago, and since receiving accolade upon accolade, as well as widespread consumer acceptance. It has carefully targeted the mid-priced high quality segment (when it first emerged, it was filling a perceived vacuum left by Mission loudspeakers), and has delivered both high-quality stereo speakers and complete sets of models able to be used in home cinema configurations.

Here we have a package based on the ‘i’ upgrading of the 3000 series. The 3050i floorstanders which front the system, and the 3010i bookshelf speakers used for rears, have something in common — both speaker models have won Sound+Image Awards, back in our 2019 and 2020 awards respectively.

That’s a pretty good start for a speaker package! Of course there’s no guarantee that bundling a group of such high performers, then combining them with a centre speaker